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JAMB Literature in English 2002 Question 23

Question 23

Poetry: General

An iambic metrical foot consists of

  1. A.an unstressed syllable following a stressed syllable
  2. B.a stressed syllable following another stressed syllable
  3. C.an unstressed syllable following another unstressed syllable
  4. D.a stressed syllable following an unstressed syllable
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Answer: D (a stressed syllable following an unstressed syllable)

Explanation

An iamb is one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable, as in 'a-bout'.